Before Facebook appeared,people_______． A．had a limited number of accounts B．enjoyed a com
Since the beginning of the Internet era,it has been widely accepted
that when you join an online company,whatever data you put into it
belongs to you．
That means you can sign up for one kind of email,import your contacts
into that system,and if you later decide to switch to some other email
service,you can export all your contacts from the first service into the
new one．You can use Microsoft's Hotmail,then move to Yahoo Mail,then to
Google's Gmail．Or you can have accounts on three services and keep all
your contacts in each one．
That' the way things were - until Facebook appeared.Facebook took a
different approach Until recently,everything you put into Facebook
could not be exported anywhere.In effect,you didn't own your data.
Facebook did.
Of course this is rubbish．The reality is that Facebook wants to make it difficult,if not impossible,for you to leave．
Now that policy has sparked a fight between Google and
Facebook．Google is angry because its users can,and often do,export their
Gmail contact information into Facebook．But those people can't bring
Facebook information back into Gmail．
Earlier this month Google declared it would block exports of its data
to Facebook．In a shameless move,Facebook broke through Google's
roadblock so its users could keep pulling data from Google．
Google said it was "disappointed'' with Facebook's behavior．It also
created a warning screen to tell Gmail users that if they export their
information to Facebook they won't get it back．
Basically,Facebook's position with major IT companies is this：if you
want access to all the information we've collected,strike a deal with
us．Microsoft and Yahoo have done that,and now,like magic,they can export
Facebook contact information into their systems,while Google still
can't．
Remember the early days of the Net,when everything was going to be
open and flee?That was great until people realized that their user data
could be turned into gold．Now there are billions involved,and nobody is
playing nice anymore．
31．Before Facebook appeared,people_______．
A．had a limited number of accounts
B．enjoyed a completely free service
C．had limited access to their contacts
D．enjoyed full ownership of their data
34．The passage indicates that Microsoft and Yahoo have_______．
A．a(chǎn)greed to side with Google
B．a(chǎn)ccepted Facebook's terms
C．taken their own approaches
D．struck a deal with each other